Two orphan girls are taken from their jobs in a pants factory in North Korea, spirited across the Demilitarized Zone to be sex workers in the South, and eventually shipped to the United States. What propels the story is Gi, the heroine: a tender-hearted genius who loses everything yet refuses to be destroyed.
Reminiscent of Memoirs of a Geisha, All Woman and Springtime reveals with chilling accuracy life behind North Korea’s iron curtain, the horrific underworld of the sex trade, and the resilience of a spirit in the midst of unspeakable oppression.
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“The North Korean
government exploits its citizens completely and absolutely, and Brandon W.
Jones has taken this as a starting point for a first novel that seems more like
the polished work of an experienced novelist…Jones’ writing provides a sense of
urgency—we want these women to leave, to risk everything in trying to escape
their country and find a new life…His effort proves up to the challenge of
vividly depicting the harsh, terrible circumstances and also believably gives
hope that the individualist spark can sometimes carry us through to better
things.”
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune